const { Buffer } = require('node:buffer');
const buf = Buffer.from('hello', 'utf16le');
const uint16array = new Uint16Array(
  buf.buffer,
  buf.byteOffset,
  buf.length / Uint16Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT);
console.log(uint16array);
// Prints: Uint16Array(5) [ 104, 101, 108, 108, 111 ]
